. >>> the san francisco chronicle reports a painting of the pied piper of hamlin that's been hanging in san francisco's palace hotel bar for 103 years has been removed. it is an original work of noted american painter maxfield parish. it was taken down yesterday because the hotel's owners say it's too valuable. the hotel says the paint something worth up to about $5 million so it will be sold now at auction. >>> right now president obama is en route back home to washington and already before he touches down on american soil, the appraisal game begins. how did he do in his first trip to israel? it seems he won plenty of style points. in today's "washington post" dana milbank writes obama didn't accomplish uch of substance, no obvious progress towards talks, no new ground on deterring iran's nuclear program or syria's chemical weapons, but the israelis who had been suspicious of obama's commitment to the jewish state were delighted by the attention. he had us at shalom was the headline in on an analysis in the jerusalem post. frf tel aviv nbc news correspondent martin fletcher. good da